Red Ball Express (1952)
FROM BEACHHEAD TO BATTLEFRONT! THEY CARRY THE AMMO FOR PATTON'S TANKS!
83 min
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
- Release date
- August 29, 1952
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jeff Chandler as Lt. Chick Campbell
- Alex Nicol as Sgt. Red Kallek
- Charles Drake as Pvt. Ronald Partridge
- Charles Drake as Narrator
- Judith Braun as Joyce McClellan
- Sidney Poitier as Cpl. Andrew Robertson
- Jacqueline Duval as Antoinette Dubois
- Bubber Johnson as Pvt. Taffy Smith
- Davis Roberts as Pvt. Dave McCord
- Hugh O'Brian as Pvt. Wilson
- Frank Chase as Pvt. Higgins
Crew
- Budd Boetticher · Director
- John Michael Hayes · Writer
- Marcy Klauber · Writer
- William Grady Jr. · Writer
- Aaron Rosenberg · Producer
- Maury Gertsman · Cinematographer
- Edward Curtiss · Editor